Roots Manuva - Slime And Reason

Roots Manuva - Slime And ReasonRodney Smith aka Roots Manuva returns with his fourth full album, and the mans voice and musical vision sounds as fresh as ever on this marvellous, freewheeling summation of his career so far. Smiths inspiration for the new record has come from looking back to his roots, the music that moved him even before he heard hip hop. With this record I was trying to tune into that old Channel One, Studio One aesthetic. Lord knows what they were drinking,

The DJ and producer (whose previous credits includes work for Lynval Golding’s Pama International

pairs pitch-shifted choral elements with moody pizzicato strings and rave synths

then certainly they've been in a space where they can operate with confidence

get them to communicate what we feel when we listen to them

Rahill offers a glimpse into the world of ‘Flowers At Your Feet’ with a new single “I Smile for E”

” Utterly bewitched by the marriage of human touch and robotic texture in those vocals

they share lead single (and album closer) ‘Aura’

NDiPA X Flex Machina

Universally acclaimed

ambient and breakbeat – into an album that’s as innovative as it is well-schooled in music

It was here that the beginning stages and one-half of Ardour were created

The LA Weekly was equally impressed: “Thundercat's Apocalypse